Preview:
- Tommy Lee Jones and Ice Cube will star in new drama ‘Outside Man’.
- Brian Helgeland is writing and directing.
- The film package is out to prospective studio buyers.
Here’s a combo we didn’t predict but could totally see working: Deadline reports that Tommy Lee Jones and Ice Cube are signed up to star in the new film from writer/director Brian Helgeland (‘L.A. Confidential’), called ‘Outside Man’.
EAyUxBJeRMkVk4qoEnoZS2Helgeland has a knack for compelling characters and crime stories, so hopefully something good will come of this collaboration. And it also marks a reunion for the filmmaker and Jones, who previously worked together on ‘Finestkind’.
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What’s the story of ‘Outside Man’?
The film follows a former Chicago mob enforcer (Cube), who after being released from prison, is a man intent on changing his life. Disappearing into rural Texas, he finds work under a skilled furniture craftsman and retired Texas Ranger Gus Wanamaker (Jones).
As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, that bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them.
When will ‘Outside Man’ be in theaters?
That’s a question right now –– the combination of Jones, Cube and Helgeland is currently in the process of being offered to studios and streamers to see who will pick it up. So stay tuned on that front.
Selected Movies Featuring Ice Cube:
- ‘Boyz ‘N the Hood’ (1991)
- ‘Trespass’ (1992)
- ‘CB4’ (1994)
- ‘Higher Learning’ (1995)
- ‘Friday’ (1995)
- ‘Anaconda’ (1997)
- ‘The Players Club’ (1998)
- ‘Three Kings’ (1999)
- ‘Ghosts of Mars’ (2001)
- ‘All About the Benjamins‘ (2002)
- ‘Barbershop’ (2002)
- ‘Torque’ (2004)
- ‘Are We There Yet?’ (2005)
- ’21 Jump Street’ (2012)
- ‘Ride Along’ (2014)
- ‘Fist Fight’ (2017)
- ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ (2023)
- ‘War of the Worlds’ (2025)
- ‘Anaconda’ (2025)